Captains’ Edition

Signatures

Personally signed by more than 40 South African national rugby captains including:

• John Bekkers
• Ingrid Botha
• Naas Botha
• Jannie Breedt
• Wynand Claassen
• Allister Coetzee
• Dawie de Villiers
• Jean de Villiers
• Morné Du Plessis
• Dougie Dyers
• Rassie Erasmus
• Salie Fredericks
• Piet Greyling
• Cassiem Jabaar
• Peter Jooste
• Jack Juries
• Corné Krige
• Thompson Magxala
• Abie Malan
• Hannes Marais
• Randy Marinus
• Victor Matfield
• Norman Mbiko
• Johann Muller
• Welile (“Bomza”) Nkhola
• Liston Ntshongwana
• Francois Pienaar
• Adriaan Richter
• Ebrahim Rinquest
• Divan Serfontein
• Bobby Skinstad
• Peter Slabbert
• John Smit
• Julian Smith
• Nelie Smith
• Fagmie Solomons
• Theuns Stofberg
• Tiaan Strauss
• Gary Teichmann
• Nomsebenzi Tsotsobe
• Joost van der Westhuisen
• Des van Jaarsveldt (The oldest living captain)
• Andre Vos
• Mandisa Williams
• Pompies Williams

Limited Edition

Strictly limited to 100 copies worldwide

Size

50 x 50cm

Pages

630 pages

Weight

At 35kg (77lb), you can literally feel the weight of Springboks history

Content

• Over 50% of content previously unseen or newly commissioned for the Opus


• Words 150,000 words of fascinating content, including exclusive interviews with South African national rugby players


• Images 600 spectacular images, including commissioned photo shoots by renowned ​photographers and photographs​ ​sourced from archives​ ​throughout the world

Presentation

Sewn and bound by hand in the finest leather and presented in a ​cloth​-covered clamshell case​. The use of special colour processes, the highest grade paper stocks, spot-varnishing of each individual image, and painstaking attention to detail in reproduction ensures an unparalleled visual feast. ​Bound in bonded leather and ​presented in a cloth-covered clamshell case

Gatefolds

Three gigantic photographic gatefolds